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will be sufficiently recovered to return to his or her employment within a six (6) <br />months period. Prior to the expiration of the additional time, the employee may return <br />to his or her position provided that he or she has a certificate from one of the above <br />mentioned physicians stating that the employee is able to perform all the duties of his <br />or her position without qualification. In addition to the above, the City Manager may <br />grant a further extension not to exceed a total of one (1) year without pay. <br />F. Extension by Use of Vacation. After an employee's sick leave has been exhausted, he <br />or she may be granted permission to take any earned vacation he or she may have <br />accrued. <br />G. Notice. The employee taking sick leave shall notify his or her immediate supervisor <br />not less than one (1) hour prior to the time he or she is scheduled to report for duty. <br />When the absence is more than three (3) consecutive working days, the employee <br />must present to the Police Chief a physician's certificate stating that, in the <br />physician's opinion, the employee could not report to work because of illness or <br />injury and that the employee is sufficiently recovered to safely return to work. Such <br />certificate shall be transmitted to the chief personnel officer with the report of the <br />return of the employee to work. <br />A physician's certificate or other satisfactory written evidence of actual illness or <br />injury may be required after an absence of any duration of less than three (3) days. <br />H. Denial. No employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay while absent from duty <br />because of sickness or injury purposely self-inflicted or caused by willful <br />misconduct; or sickness or disability sustained while engaged in employment other <br />than employment by the City, for monetary gain or other compensation, or by reason <br />of engaging in business or activity for monetary gain or other compensation. <br />I. Excess Usage. If sick leave is used in excess of that due and available to an <br />employee, such excess sick leave, will first be deducted from any available <br />compensatory time off benefit; second, from any available vacation leave benefit; <br />third, from any available holiday leave benefits; and finally, deducted from the next <br />scheduled wage or salary payment. <br />J. Personal Necessity Leave. Each employee shall be afforded the opportunity to use up <br />to 48 hours of sick leave per calendar year, on anon-cumulative basis, as personal <br />necessity leave. All of this personal necessity leave may be used to attend to an <br />illness of a child, parent, or spouse of the employee. As used in this section, "child" <br />means a biological, foster, or adopted child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a <br />person standing in loco parentis; and "parent" means a biological, foster, adoptive <br />parent, a stepparent, or a legal guardian. <br />Up to three (3) days of this personal necessity leave may be used: (a) to attend to a <br />serious accident to members of the employee's immediate family; (b) childbirth; (c) <br />to cope with imminent danger to the employee's home or other valuable property; or <br />(d) when the existence of external circumstances beyond the employee's control <br />43 <br />